Winemaker Notes
Bright violet. Intensely perfumed bouquet displays blackberry, violet, dark chocolate, anise and tobacco. It shows ripe yet fresh dark berry and cherry flavours along with a firm mineral backbone. It has a vibrant finish that is focused and lingering with floral and spicy qualities.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Ripe berry aromas come with notes of licorice root, dark chocolate and baking spices. The palate on this warm-year reserva is packed with jammy weight and smooth tannins, while this tastes of blackberry, prune and toasty oak. Apropos for a ripe Tempranillo, this is full on the finish.
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Wine Spectator
This deep red has good grip yet remains balanced, with firm, well-integrated tannins and balsamic acidity supporting plum, licorice, black olive and smoky flavors. Drink now through 2030.
Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.
Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.